Originally Posted by Fnord
There is a sale on Gamer's gate right now with plenty of horror themed titles. These includes:
Amnesia
Dead island
NecroVision
Fear 3
Penumbra collection
and plenty of other horror(ish) games.

Yeah, I'm tempted by Dead Space which is only $5. Always wanted to play that one.

If you pay at least the minimum (currently $2.27) you get Gemini Rue, Sanctum, Ares and Nimbus. Also, for every 10,000 bundles they sell they will throw in a free sanctum DLC.

Currently, they are having problems generating Steam keys but have said that will be fixed soon. Also the Steam key for Gemini Rue should be added soon.

For whatever reason, I hate the non-'pay what you want' model. Telling me that it will cost me at least $2 more because I didn't feel like dealing with PayPal before I went to bed last night stopped me from buying. It doesn't matter that I always pay more than minimum … that is MY choice. Removing the choice kills my recommendation … I know it is weird.

As far as pricing, it's still cheaper than buying them separately and it gets the indie developers more exposure, which they need. It also somewhat encourages people to pay more than the minimum or buy early and keeps people from paying a penny (which a lot did with the Humble Bundles).

The Humble Bundle already started using a soft version of this pricing model by having it that you get an extra game or games if you pay at least the average at the time of purchase. They just didn't enforce it for the main pack, at least not yet.

Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened is an excellent game, highly recommended to anyone who enjoys adventure games. Also, the cult classic "Ghost master" is on sale. While I never found the game to be all that special, I seem to be rather alone in my opinion about it.

Originally Posted by Fnord
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened is an excellent game, highly recommended to anyone who enjoys adventure games. Also, the cult classic "Ghost master" is on sale. While I never found the game to be all that special, I seem to be rather alone in my opinion about it.

I picked this one instead of the more expensive, but also on sale Jack the Ripper game. I think it's newer, maybe I should get that one as well.

The Awakened is the 3rd game in the series, while vs. Jack the ripper is the 5th, though those two are the only horror(ish)-themed parts. The first one, Mystery of the mummy is a rather poor attempt to create a Sherlock Holmes game, with sub-par voice acting, and frustrating puzzles. It plays a bit like Myst (but it is not nearly as good). The second part of the series, The Silver Earring, plays a bit like a classic point & click adventure along the line of Syberia. It is a good adventure game, and a huge step forward from the first one in the series (if you want to play them in order, just skip the first one and start with this one). With the Awakened they move to a free roaming first person control style, and the series takes another step forward. This is also where they start the crossovers, as the Awakened mixes Sherlock Holmes & Cthulhu, and the result is quite interesting. Part 5 is called vs. Arsene Lupin (or Nemesis, depending on where you live), and pits Sherlock Holmes against another contemporary literary character, a master thief (they actually met in a book, but Sir Arthur Conan Doyle forced the author to change the character, so only the first printing has the meeting), and the last (to date) of the games in the series is vs. Jack the Ripper.